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In Love with Research, and with Each Other
Faculty couples share perks, trials of living and working together
Whether they share labs or library books, interests in poetry or proteins, faculty couples—people who have made a commitment to their research and to one another—face an entirely unique set of challenges and privileges in academia.
It is hard to determine how many married couples or life partners there are in UCSD’s faculty. Some departments have a concentration, while in other cases couples are split among disciplines or between teaching, research and administration.
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Economic Empowerment Theme of Black History Month at UC San Diego
After centuries of unrequited toil and despite gaining freedom, African-Americans were still plagued by a discriminatory society and the ills of poverty. In this regard, UCSD is recognizing Black History Month with several events that reflect this year’s theme, Recognizing the Future of Black Economic Empowerment. More
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Former Foster Youth Attending UC San Diego Awarded Technology Packages from Sony, Intel
Ya Hui “Evy” Lin is working toward a Master’s degree at UC San Diego, with the goal of someday developing pharmaceutical drugs to help others. Last year, she finished her undergraduate degree in human biology here. The cards have not always been stacked in Lin’s favor, though. She grew up in California’s foster system. She also battled—and overcame—thyroid cancer as a teenager in high school. Tuesday, Sony Electronics, with the support of Intel, awarded Lin and four other UC San Diego students who are former foster youth with top-of-the-line technology packages.
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Turning Community and Campus Leaders into UC San Diego Advocates
In a state where more money is spent to incarcerate people than on higher education, the University of California is expanding its community of supporters to stand up to local and state elected officials to help make a difference in higher education.
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UCSD Doctors Take Part in Relief Efforts in Haiti
Three UC San Diego physicians have been working non-stop in Haiti since Jan. 15, performing surgeries, bracing through aftershocks and administrating care to the wounded. They are chronicling their experiences on the UCSD Haiti Team Web site. Click here to read their first-person accounts and news coverage of their efforts.
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Local Educational Institutions Form Joint Committee to Consider Establishment of UC San Diego School of Law
UC San Diego and California Western School of Law has formed a joint committee made up of faculty and administrators from both institutions to consider an affiliation that may lead to the establishment of a UC San Diego School of Law. More
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Better Computing, Communication for Emergency Personnel at Disaster Sites
Hurricane Katrina. The Southeast Asian tsunami. Now the killer earthquake in Haiti, which has claimed upwards of 50,000 lives. In each case, the response to a natural disaster has been further complicated by the difficulty delivering medical care in a chaotic environment where the communications infrastructure on the ground is seriously damaged or completely destroyed.
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Study Confirms Prostate Cancer is Treated Differently at County vs. Private Hospitals
Researchers at Moores Cancer Center at UCSD and colleagues have found that prostate cancer treatments varied significantly between county hospitals and private providers. Patients treated in county hospitals are more likely to undergo surgery while patients treated in private facilities tend to receive radiation or hormone therapy.
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Supercomputer Center Joins Other UC San Diego Departments, LLNL in Oncology Collaboration
Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center have joined forces with the department of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, the UCSD department of mathematics, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in a three-year, $1.5 million project to pursue novel applications of high-performance computing in radiotherapy.
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Renowned UC San Diego Astrophysicist and Astronomer Dies at 84
Geoffrey Burbidge, a renowned British astrophysicist and astronomer at UCSD who made contributions to our understanding of how elements are formed in stars as well as modern cosmology and radio galaxies, died Jan. 26 at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla after a long illness. He was 84.
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Alumni Association Announces Annual Award Recipients
An internationally celebrated composer, conductor and musician; a trailblazing academic leader and accomplished research scientist; a broadcast entertainment industry executive; and a celebrated faculty member have all be named by the UCSD Alumni Association as the recipients of the 32nd annual Awards for Excellence. The prestigious awards honoring outstanding UC San Diego alumni and faculty will be presented during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, June 5.
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UC San Diego Student Named Clinique “Fresh Faces” Contest Winner
As Monica Pearce, 19, explains it, she just happened to stumble upon the Clinique trailer parked in the eucalyptus trees on the UCSD campus one day. Pearce was later notifiedthat she had been selected as one of three winners in the Fresh Faces contest sponsored by Teen Vogue and Clinique. More
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Letter from Chancellor
An investment in higher education is an investment in our future. For years, we’ve conveyed that message to our legislators, our supporters, our campus community and the people of California.
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Q&A: Cliff Kubiak
What do chemistry and athletics have in common? At UC San Diego, the answer is Cliff Kubiak. In addition to being a professor of chemistry, he also serves as the university’s Faculty Athletics Representative.
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UCSD, Cal Western Law Considering Affiliation, Chancellor Tells Academic Senate
UC San Diego and California Western School of Law have formed a committee to consider an affiliation that could lead to a UC San Diego School of Law, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox told the Academic Senate on Tuesday. If the proposal is approved, Fox said, the law school would be self-supporting and would require no state or UC San Diego campus funds to operate.
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UC Proposes Use of Sick Leave for Baby Bonding
Parents would be able to take paid leave for baby bonding under a newly proposed policy now available for employee comment. Responding to employee interest, UC Human Resources has proposed allowing employees, including birth parents, adoptive parents and foster parents, to use up to 30 days of accrued sick leave for baby bonding.
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Upcoming
Staff Education and Development Courses
Intermediate Microsoft Access 2007
2/9/10 and 2/11/10
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Negotiating Effectively: Skills for Managers
2/10/10
8:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m.
Training Adults at Work: Principles
2/11/10
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
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1,770: number of completed surveys from medical students received by a team of UCLA and UC San Diego experts in the fields of CAM, integrative medicine, Western medicine, medical education and survey development |
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77: percentage of participants agreed to some extent that patients whose doctors know about complementary and alternative medicine in addition to conventional medicine, benefit more than those whose doctors are only familiar with Western medicine. |
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Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France
By Jann Pasler
In tumultuous Third Republic France, when the country’s social, political and economic fabric was in flux after a series of wars and revolts, music turned out to be a binding force. Rather than a luxury, music was used in that context as a “public utility.” So argues Pasler, whose illuminating study of this period, based on rich archival evidence, shows how art can help change the course of a nation’s history.
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